# drinking-water - Monday 20 September, 2021
# Irish Water
# Irish Water
At least 52 people fell ill after untreated water passed through the system.
# drinking-water - Friday 17 September, 2021
# Drinking Water
# Drinking Water
Several illnesses were reported by the HSE.
# drinking-water - Tuesday 7 July, 2020
# EPA Report
# EPA Report
The EPA found 99.9% of samples complied with bacterial parameter limits.
# drinking-water - Tuesday 12 November, 2019
# Drinking Water
# Drinking Water
Irish Water said an audit of the plant and satisfactory results of a number of water samples were factors in the decision.
# drinking-water - Tuesday 5 November, 2019
# Drinking Water
# Drinking Water
The EPA says the level of treatment at Leixlip is not sufficient to manage the risk posed by the River Liffey source water.
# drinking-water - Saturday 19 October, 2019
# Prime Numbers
# Prime Numbers
Plus: The number of people who have applied for audience tickets for the Late Late Toy Show.
# drinking-water - Tuesday 10 September, 2019
# EPA
# EPA
The EPA has seen detections of Cryptosporidium in 25 public water supplies in 2018, up from 17 in 2017
# drinking-water - Tuesday 16 October, 2018
# drinking-water - Wednesday 13 June, 2018
# Water Supply
# Water Supply
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) annual report for last year found that in general quality of the public drinking supply remained high.
# drinking-water - Wednesday 4 April, 2018
# Treatment Plants
# Treatment Plants
A court heard drinking water from treatment plants had excessive levels of THMs.
# drinking-water - Tuesday 12 September, 2017
# Your Say
# Your Say
Do you boil your water before drinking it, or use a water filter jug?
# Drink Up
# Drink Up
58 have elevated levels of trihalomethanes and 25 lack adequate treatment to prevent cryptosporidium.
# drinking-water - Wednesday 3 May, 2017
# Water Supply
# Water Supply
Trihalomethane contamination in the Irish water supply could land the government in trouble with the EU.
# drinking-water - Thursday 27 October, 2016
# Drinking Water
# Drinking Water
The EPA published its drinking water report for 2015 today.
# drinking-water - Wednesday 17 February, 2016
# Drinking Water
# Drinking Water
A lobby group is calling on Irish Water to directly notify customers their water is contaminated with a cancer-linked toxin.
# drinking-water - Thursday 26 November, 2015
# Drinking Water
# Drinking Water
The company said taking water from the Parteen Basin and pumping it through a pipeline is the best option to deal with the growing population.
# drinking-water - Thursday 13 August, 2015
# Waste Not Want Not
# Waste Not Want Not
Like a science-pioneering, life-saving magician.
# drinking-water - Tuesday 30 June, 2015
# Roscommon
# Roscommon
Alan Kelly says it’s thanks to Irish Water.
# drinking-water - Tuesday 2 June, 2015
# Drink Up
# Drink Up
The review adds to two previous international studies.
# drinking-water - Tuesday 27 January, 2015
# Drinking Water
# Drinking Water
Dentists don’t agree with a ban, neither do public health boards.
# drinking-water - Friday 21 November, 2014
# Water Supply
# Water Supply
The two Cork-based scientific organisations said there is a clear demand to ensure our water supply is safe.
# drinking-water - Wednesday 1 October, 2014
# Return To Sender
# Return To Sender
Irish Water said those who do not register will face a default tariff of €424 a year.
# drinking-water - Wednesday 20 August, 2014
# Water
# Water
Remedial works on lead piping connections are expected to take about 12 months – but are not due to start until January 2015.
# drinking-water - Friday 8 August, 2014
# Water
# Water
Irish Water and Galway County Council are monitoring the situation “on a daily basis”.
# drinking-water - Wednesday 6 August, 2014
# Water
# Water
Some 120,000 litres are being transported to Inis Meáin today to replenish fallen reserves.
# drinking-water - Tuesday 29 July, 2014
# Water Alert
# Water Alert
Notice has been issued for customers of the Kildysart and Coolmeen public water supplies.
# drinking-water - Monday 14 July, 2014
# Drinking Water
# Drinking Water
Cork County Council has already passed a motion calling on the Government to legislate for change.
# drinking-water - Monday 23 June, 2014
# Drinking Water
# Drinking Water
It was revealed yesterday that 41 schools, businesses and homes across the country have been found to have excessive levels of lead in the supply because of old pipes.
# drinking-water - Thursday 5 June, 2014
# No S**t
From The Daily Edge
# Health Risk
# Health Risk
Ireland has the highest incidence of VTEC in Europe – a particularly nasty strain of E. coli.
# drinking-water - Friday 18 April, 2014
# A Wee Problem
From The Daily Edge
# A Wee Problem
It wasn’t a good day for Portland, Oregon.
# drinking-water - Friday 21 March, 2014
# Contamination
# Contamination
A local councillor said it was “unacceptable” that the issues with water contamination was not fixed before the meters were put in.
# drinking-water - Monday 10 March, 2014
# Unanimous Vote
# Unanimous Vote
The largest county council in the country passed a motion calling on the Government to legislate for change.
# drinking-water - Thursday 13 February, 2014
# Put The Kettle On
# Put The Kettle On
The stormy weather over the last couple of days led to “extensive power outages” affecting water pumping stations and treatment plants, Limerick council said.
# drinking-water - Monday 12 August, 2013
# Opinion
# Opinion
With water charges due to be implemented, Aisling Fitzgibbon argues that if people are paying for water they should have more of a say about what’s in it.
# drinking-water - Thursday 11 July, 2013
# Naked Protest
# Naked Protest
The naked demonstration will “symbolise how we in Ireland have been stripped of our rights to clean safe water”, according to organisers.
# drinking-water - Friday 22 March, 2013
# drinking-water - Tuesday 8 January, 2013
# Water Sports
From The Daily Edge
# Water Sports
It’s not possible to drink a bottle of water this fast, is it?
# drinking-water - Thursday 3 January, 2013
# drinking-water - Tuesday 14 August, 2012
# Dublin Water
# Dublin Water
And read why one local resident in the Clontarf area is hoping for a particularly speedy resolution…
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